Neumünster – DEF04

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Demographics

From Wikipedia: Neumünster (German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈmʏnstɐ]) is an urban municipality in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg).

History

The first historic record of the precursor village „Wippendorf" dates from 1127.

Current situation

Neumünster station is a major railway junction with lines running in six (formerly seven) directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.

Near Neumünster at Ehndorf, there is a high-power medium wave transmission facility for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Ehndorf transmitter, which is often named incorrectly as „Neumünster transmitter".

Geography

Neumünster is located at river Schwale, near the geographical center of Schleswig-Holstein, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Kiel, 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Hamburg and 72 kilometres (45 mi) west of Lübeck. The Aukrug Nature Park is close to the town.

Mayors and Lord mayors

In 1870 Neumünster received the town privileges.

Other: Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Rendsburg, Dithmarschen, Steinburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Nordfriesland district, Pinneberg, Plön District, Neumünster, Segeberg, Mittelangeln, Stormarn, Flensburg, Ostholstein, Kiel

Neighbours: Plön District, Segeberg, Rendsburg

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Neumünster – DEF04, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEF04, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164